A Day in the Life of a Medical Laboratory Scientist
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- Pursuing a career as a UVA Health Medical Lab scientist leads to lifelong learning with important contributions to patient care.
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MATTHEW BURROUGHS, MS, BB, (ASCP)CM
Hi. My name is Matthew Burroughs, and I am a medical laboratory scientist at the University of Virginia Blood Bank. My responsibility is to care for patients by analyzing their blood samples and specifically matching them up appropriately for transfusion. The blood bank is a great place to work, especially in a hospital setting, because each day presents a unique opportunity and new challenges to overcome.
LAKESIA BAKER, MLS (ASCP)CM
Hi, I'm Lakesia Baker, and I'm a laboratory scientist in the toxicology lab at University of Virginia. We mainly do drug testing. We also test certain drugs to make sure that they are within a good clinical range, that they're not too high where they'd be toxic to the body or too low to where they're not efficient enough.
BURROUGHS
My path would probably be considered unconventional by most. I knew that I wanted to do something relating to medicine and it took me a little while to get here. I was working locally in the emergency department as a medical scribe, and I became particularly interested in the way that the laboratory supported patients that were in the ED. So that's how I really became exposed to the profession.
BAKER
I've been interested in science probably since the third grade. The science fairs were always really cool to me. I was interested in medical school, so, you know, there's a lot of science courses I had to take and I had the thought that, Oh, this would be a cool job to just work in the lab. At the time, I didn't even know that it was an entire career field.
BURROUGHS
The graduate program that I attended was at Virginia Commonwealth University. I enrolled in a categorical track which allowed me to obtain my master's degree in medical laboratory sciences, but to receive a concentration in immunohematology where my passion lied. I'm very fortunate to be here at UVA. I was lucky enough to receive a work grant scholarship for the profession. I love what I'm doing right now. I think it's the best of both worlds in terms of both the patient care element as well as the scientific investigation.
BAKER
I chose toxicology because it's a more specialized lab discipline. I love my job. I love science. I love to learn. I like to teach. And the great thing about our job is because there's so many different disciplines. If for some reason you get bored, you can just go to a different lab and learn a new skill set. My goal is to just learn as much as I can, get a better foundation and feel comfortable being in the field and doing things by myself.
BURROUGHS
I think one of the greatest strengths of working in laboratory medicine is you really do have many different opportunities, so you can kind of tailor your career to your own interests and skill set. My passion predominantly lies in education and training, and so I love having the opportunity on a daily basis to not only teach other people, but learn new things myself.
BAKER
I would tell anyone that's in school and interested in science. It's a great field. It's a needed field. And one of the greatest things is that when you graduate you will have a job. No matter what state you go
to, you'll have a job. And whether you want to go get your PhD in science or medical school, it's just a good foundation.
BURROUGHS
I do think that I made the right decision choosing this career, and I think that there are many possibilities for my future. There are just so many different avenues for laboratory professionals that the sky is really the limit.
I am about to graduate in May in MLS. Its a great profession to get into, my only issue is the pay isnt there for what you're expected to know in school.
I’m considering a career in MLS and am trying to find some more information. How is the science work in MLS
@omarnajera4015 It's a heavy science field. You'll be trained in Microbiology (bacteria, parasites, fungus), Hematology (Blood under microscope and testing to see how your blood cells look), Chemistry (Testing all the different hormones, proteins, and reactions in your blood), Blood bank (testing Blood compatability of donors to patients to help bleeding patients). Those are the big 4 but there's also Coagulation and Urinalysis. Depending on the size of your lab you'll either work all these departments or only 1 and it could have a lot of old school manual testing or automated lines and analyzers that do most the testing for you. It's a stable and fascinating job, my first year I'm starting out making $32.65 USD with a $9,000 sign on bonus after 12 months.
The pay is determined by experience.
@jeremymoore145 top end pay at my location is around $41-42 an hour which I think for the importance of the position and the intensity of the program isnt enough. Starting pay here is $29.11 per hour but some places only give $25 an hour starting which is a spit in the face.
@@zbs8334 I think we on the same page here. I’ve seen new techs come out of school making 55 to 60k a year which is not all that good. 41$ a hour is a little over 85k a year and can be made with 15+ years of experience . Management gets more in a hospital setting. Pay also depends on the region of the country that you live in. I have a degree as a Medical Lab Scientist with 16 years of experience.
❤❤❤ am also a medical laboratory scientist but am still a student
Hi
I am a student in medical laboratory science
Kenya or where bro?
I have a CLS degree and about to enter the US. Any idea how much is the entry level salary for Las Vegas, Nevada?
I’m in an entry level position in Arizona and make about $53,000
Hello
Do Clinical Laboratory Scientists analyze vomit?
Probably
@@belle3055 Are you a CLS?
we may test the Ph of gastric contents, otherwise no.
It mostly deals with blood, urine and sterile body fluid testing.
No.
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